Summary

  • Eng 168 all out: Brunt 39, Sciver 35; Schutt 4-26

  • Aus 274-9 dec: Jonassen 99; Shrubsole 4-63

  • Australia lead multi-format series 4-2

  • 4pts for Test win, 2pts for draw

  1. England 14-2 (trail by 260)published at 14:14

    England are beginning to show a little more urgency here - Knight and Edwards pinch a few singles off the dangerous Perry. The boundary rope is proving pretty hard to find though.

    Heather KnightImage source, Getty Images
  2. How's stat?!published at 14:10 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    England couldn't have a better player at the crease in Charlotte Edwards - the second highest run-scorer in women's Test cricket of all time.

    Charlotte Edwards
  3. England 10-2 (Schutt 4-1-6-0)published at 14:09

    Ellyse Perry got away with one there: she overstepped but wasn't called for a no-ball. Have umpires just stopped checking the front foot? We've seen plenty of that in the men's Ashes. 

    Quite frankly, England could do with any runs they can get at the moment. Charlotte Edwards has begun her innings in ultra-cautious mode but it almost comes back to haunt her as she leaves one from Megan Schutt that nips back sharply and nearly nudges the off pole. Finally, Edwards gets off the mark, after 16 balls, with a streaky drive through cover.

  4. England 8-2 (Knight 7, Edwards 0)published at 14:05

    Pressure building here: England playing the cork in the bottle, Ellyse Perry providing the fizz. Dot ball follows dot ball follows dot ball. Something's gotta give.

    Ellysee PerryImage source, Reuters
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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

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    Andy, Worcester: Ellyse Perry was a class above everybody else at New Road. She could rip through England's batting today.

  6. England 8-2 (trail by 266)published at 14:01

    It's a sedate over - not much bounce or venom from Megan Schutt, not much aggression from Charlotte Edwards. The England captain is quite content to remain marooned on 0 off 11 deliveries.

  7. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Perry is in the groove here - she glides through the crease and bowls at a lively medium-fast."

  8. England 8-2 (Perry 3-2-4-2)published at 13:57

    Perry, the Blonde Assassin, continues, with that distinctive Rambo-esque smear of suncream across her nose and cheekbones. Charlotte Edwards has seen it all before of course, but even she can't be relishing the prospect of facing Perry in this mood. In fact, she doesn't have to, as Heather Knight blocks out a maiden.

    Charlotte EdwardsImage source, Getty Images
  9. England 8-2published at 13:53

    Decent shape from Megan Schutt as she gets one to hoop back into the pads of Charlotte Edwards, but the England skipper plays it away confidently.

  10. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    "The one place where I think women's cricket needs to raise its game is running between the wickets."

  11. England 7-2 (Knight 6, Edwards 0)published at 13:52

    So England well and truly on the ropes after three overs. Captain Charlotte Edwards, just like Michael Clarke at Trent Bridge, has to leave the sanctuary of the dressing room a lot earlier than she would have liked.

  12. Postpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "I know Sarah Taylor has got a big trigger movement and Perry has got her plumb. She's trying to work it too far over to leg."

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    WICKETpublished at 13:46

    Taylor lbw b Perry 0 (Eng 7-2)

    Disaster for England! Sarah Taylor is out first ball, pinned on the pads by Perry right in front of the timbers.

    Sarah TaylorImage source, PA
  14. Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "That was a very difficult ball to face, but it shows how much life is in the pitch - England's bowlers didn't get lift like that."

    Lauren WinfieldImage source, PA
  15. Postpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    "That was a fine piece of bounce bowling with a little bit of movement."

  16. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 13:45

    Winfield c Healy b Perry 1 (Eng 7-1)

    Ah. An early spanner in the works for England. It's an absolute snorter from Ellyse Perry, on a fourth-stump line, bouncing viciously off the pitch and shaping away, and the ball just brushes the glove of Winfield on its way through to the keeper.

    Ellysee PerryImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "I'm hearing that Kirsten Beams is struggling with her calf. That's going to hurt Australia."

  18. England 7-0 (Knight 6, Winfield 1)published at 13:42

    Lauren Winfield gets off the mark with a nudge off her pads. An early nerve-settler for her.

  19. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 12 August 2015

    Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    "I think Jonassen lacked a little urgency to get to three figures - she had a chance to take two but took one."

  20. Postpublished at 13:39

    Right, we're ready to go again. Megan Schutt has the ball...